Minsk talks of the 'Normandy four' leaders on Ukraine reconciliation, 100-car crash near Seoul airport, ice show marking a year anniversary of the Winter Olympics 2014 in Russia and Madrid Fashion Week — take a look at the week's most important events in the following photo gallery.
© AP Photo / Mohammad SajjadPakistani female police commandos attend a training session in Nowshera, near Peshawar. February 11, 2015.
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Pakistani female police commandos attend a training session in Nowshera, near Peshawar. February 11, 2015.
© REUTERS / Grigory DukorBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (L), Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd L), Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R), Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and French President Francois Hollande pose for a family photo during peace talks in Minsk, Belarus. February 11, 2015.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (L), Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd L), Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R), Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and French President Francois Hollande pose for a family photo during peace talks in Minsk, Belarus. February 11, 2015.
© REUTERS / KCNAA missile is fired from a naval vessel during the test-firing of a new type of anti-ship cruise missile to be equipped at Korean People's Army naval units in this undated photo released by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. February 7, 2015.
A missile is fired from a naval vessel during the test-firing of a new type of anti-ship cruise missile to be equipped at Korean People's Army naval units in this undated photo released by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. February 7, 2015.
© Fotobank.ru/Getty Images / Ethan MillerThe Clarion Hotel and Casino is imploded in Las Vegas, Nevada. February 10, 2015
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The Clarion Hotel and Casino is imploded in Las Vegas, Nevada. February 10, 2015
© Dmitry LovetskyNavy cadets march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Neva River embankment in St.Petersburg, Russia. February 11, 2015.
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Navy cadets march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Neva River embankment in St.Petersburg, Russia. February 11, 2015.
© AP Photo / B.K. BangashA Pakistani girl, who is displaced with her family from a tribal area due to security forces' operations against militants, waits for customers to buy cauliflower at a market in Islamabad. February 9, 2015
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A Pakistani girl, who is displaced with her family from a tribal area due to security forces' operations against militants, waits for customers to buy cauliflower at a market in Islamabad. February 9, 2015
© Fotobank.ru/Getty Images / Guido Bergmann/BPAGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a meeting with US President Barack Obama (R) at the White House in Washington DC. February 9, 2015
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a meeting with US President Barack Obama (R) at the White House in Washington DC. February 9, 2015
© AFP 2023 / VOLODYMYR SHUVAYEVLocal residents look at a missile embedded in the street after shelling in eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. February 10, 2015.
Local residents look at a missile embedded in the street after shelling in eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. February 10, 2015.
© AP Photo / Michel SpinglerA Femen activist is taken away by police officers as she protests in front of the Lille courthouse in Lille, northern France, where Dominique Strauss-Kahn goes on trial for sex charges. February 10, 2015
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A Femen activist is taken away by police officers as she protests in front of the Lille courthouse in Lille, northern France, where Dominique Strauss-Kahn goes on trial for sex charges. February 10, 2015
© REUTERS / Osservatore RomanoPope Francis visits a shantytown on the outskirts of Rome. February 8, 2015
Pope Francis visits a shantytown on the outskirts of Rome. February 8, 2015
© Fotobank.ru/Getty Images / Chung Sung-JunSouth Korea's K-2 battle tanks during the live fire drill in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. February 11, 2015
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South Korea's K-2 battle tanks during the live fire drill in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. February 11, 2015
© REUTERS / Erik De Castro Firemen aim their hose on a hot air balloon that caught fire while being inflated during the Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta at Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga province, north of Manila. February 12, 2015
Firemen aim their hose on a hot air balloon that caught fire while being inflated during the Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta at Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga province, north of Manila. February 12, 2015
© REUTERS / Mohammed Badra People walk on rubble as others try to put out a fire following shelling in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus. February 9, 2015
People walk on rubble as others try to put out a fire following shelling in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus. February 9, 2015
© REUTERS / Mad Nissen/Politiken/Panos Pictures/Scanpix/World Press Photo/Handout via ReutersJon and Alex, a gay couple, during an intimate moment in St. Petersburg, Russia, in this picture released by the World Press Photo on February 12, 2015.
Jon and Alex, a gay couple, during an intimate moment in St. Petersburg, Russia, in this picture released by the World Press Photo on February 12, 2015.
© AP Photo / Aaron FavilaA Filipino boy takes a bath outside his house in Manila, Philippines. February 10, 2015
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A Filipino boy takes a bath outside his house in Manila, Philippines. February 10, 2015
© AFP 2023 / Bay ISMOYOA couple sitting on their motorcycle cross a flooded road on a cart in Jakarta, Indonesia. February 10, 2015
A couple sitting on their motorcycle cross a flooded road on a cart in Jakarta, Indonesia. February 10, 2015
© REUTERS / Ints KalninsAn Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter patrols over the Baltics during a NATO air policing mission from Zokniai air base near Siauliai, Lithuania. February 10, 2015
An Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter patrols over the Baltics during a NATO air policing mission from Zokniai air base near Siauliai, Lithuania. February 10, 2015
© AP Photo / Oleg BatrakUkrainian protesters burn tires outside the city council building as they protest against raising the public transport rates in Kiev, Ukraine. February 9, 2015
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Ukrainian protesters burn tires outside the city council building as they protest against raising the public transport rates in Kiev, Ukraine. February 9, 2015
© REUTERS / Alexei ChernyshevUkrainian servicemen launch Grad rockets toward pro-independence forces outside Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine. February 8, 2015
Ukrainian servicemen launch Grad rockets toward pro-independence forces outside Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine. February 8, 2015
© Sputnik / Aleksey Nikolskyi / Go to the mediabankRussian President Vladimir Putin with spectators before the ice show 'Sochi. One Year after the Games' at the Iceberg winter sports palace. February 7, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin with spectators before the ice show 'Sochi. One Year after the Games' at the Iceberg winter sports palace. February 7, 2015
© REUTERS / Park Jung-ho/News1Damaged vehicles are seen on Yeongjong Bridge in Incheon, South Korea. February 11, 2015
Damaged vehicles are seen on Yeongjong Bridge in Incheon, South Korea. February 11, 2015
© AP Photo / Daniel Ochoa de OlzaA model displays an Autumn/Winter design by Juana Martin at Madrid Fashion Week, Spain. February 8, 2015
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A model displays an Autumn/Winter design by Juana Martin at Madrid Fashion Week, Spain. February 8, 2015